EXCLUSIVE Prolific thief who targeted Jenson Button's wife and stole her suitcase containing £250,000 of lavish goods is jailed
A prolific thief who stole a suitcase carrying £250,000 worth of luxury items and jewellery from Jenson Button's wife Brittny has been jailed for two years and four months.
Mourad Aid, 41, nabbed Mrs Button's Goyard carry-on filled with antique jewellery from the birth of her child and her wedding, as well as two Kelly bags worth around £70,000 on February 13, 2025.
The criminal swooped and dashed away with the suitcase while the Formula One driver had his backed turned as he helped a chauffeur load a vehicle outside St Pancras International Station in London.
The 41-year-old had pleaded guilty to theft at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 February, 2025, five days after the initial incident.
Today he was sentenced to X at Inner London Crown Court after stealing Brittny's valuable items outside of the busy London station.
It comes shortly the crime was exclusively revealed by MailOnline as Button's American wife said she nor her husband had any interest in returning to the UK following the ordeal.
Last February, as Button briefly turned his back to Brittny's carry-on Aid ran off into the busy station with sentimental items the model hoped to one day pass on to her daughter.
'He had his back on mine, and a guy just came and swooped it. We didn't even see him do it,' she added: 'So they were probably watching us.
'We had no idea until Jenson went, "Wait where is your bag" and he raced off trying to find it, but he [the thief] was already gone.'
The interior designer burst into tears following the 'traumatising' ordeal which cast a dark cloud over their getaway, as quickly heading to the airport to return to their home in California.
'I just started crying, I was a little upset with Jensen because I felt like he kind of dropped the ball a little but its not his fault someone was watching us,' she said: 'He also did get his bag stolen a few months ago in a car park in London.
'It definitely was shocking that I just didn't think. I'm normally pretty cautious when I'm out in public and travelling, but I just didn't think that there were gangs literally just waiting for people and watching.'
The mother-of-two will likely never retrieve her stolen items, which where listed online only days after the incident, serving another blow following the California wildfires that threatened their home alongside countless others earlier this year.
Recalling the heartbreaking moment, when she saw the bags listed online, she said: 'Unfortunately, I saw the shady looking photos of these guys holding my bags on their lap.
'[And] I knew I was probably never getting them back, and who knows how many hands it had touched - at that point I was not really interested. I wasn't going to send anyone to meet with these people.
'I knew they were mine, because one of the Kelly bags was missing a strap, which I had left it in LA.'
She added: 'A lot of people assume, "Your husband bought you those" but actually I bought about half of them and I worked really hard and to have someone come up to me and take them from me - it's just frustrating.
'And I know people are going to say, first world problems, but whether you're getting robbed of something that's not worth a lot of value. If it's sentimental, its sentimental.
'My dad was a police officer, so I was raised not to steal from people. I would rather have less and feel good about myself than steal from people and take what isn't mine.'
The interior designer had hoped to pass on the valuable bags onto her daughter, and that she also considered them to be a long-term investment for her children.
'I was planning to pass down to my daughter. It's just crazy,' she said: 'I don't really have many things from my parents.'
The former Playboy model said the ordeal has marred her view of the UK, as she previously revealed London 'doesn't feel the same' as when she started dating the Forumla One driver 10 years ago.
Jenson who is believed to be worth around £123million, according to The Sun, met in 2016 after being introduced by friends in Los Angeles. Prior to his relationship with his current wife the F1 star was married to Jessica Michibata.
'I've heard countless stories,' she said: 'When we first started dating we would go to London, and it was such like a nice place to be, and now it just feels very kind of dark and scary.
'My husband and I we really have no interest going back to the UK and it's a shame, because, you know, we will have to go back for family and work
'It just feels so unsafe and doesn't feel how it once was, and its just unfortunate because that's where my children's grandmother and aunts live.'
British Transport Police Detective Sergeant Marc Farmer previously said: 'This was a brazen and opportunistic theft by a man who took advantage of the victim and her husband having their backs turned for a matter of seconds while loading up their car with luggage.
'He was able to quickly swipe the suitcase without them even noticing, which hammers home just how sneaky these sorts of criminals really are and why it's so important to keep one eye on your belongings at all times.
'While the incident wasn't captured on CCTV, we were still able to trace Aid through other investigative opportunities, and he was arrested by our plain clothes officers just days later.
'Anyone who witnesses or is a victim of theft on the railway network is able to text us for free on 61016.'
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